Oh? Google+ isn’t social media – well that’s a relief!

As you might have noticed I wrote about Google+ and the lack of dialog in it’s news feed. I also pointed out some interesting statistics about how people use Google+ – or rather, they barely don’t use it.

Today I read another article stating that Google+ isn’t social media, it’s an extension of Goggle’s search engine and a complement to the other tools Google offer.

Horowitz believes as more users ”upgrade” to Google+ — which essentially just means letting Google know who you are — it’ll become clear to them that Google’s many services become much more useful. And at some point they’ll find the Stream. 

”When Google knows that I’m a man, and I live in this zip code, and I went to this school, and I have these interests, my entire experience gets better,” he explains. ”You will discover our engagement is massive, and guess what? Your friends, family and loved ones are already here. It’s not as if we need to acquire users. We just need to bring them into the light.”

I’m not paranoid and I’m not uncomfortable with different companies collecting information about me on the Internet. I can see why it’s done and I can also see that it sometimes makes my life easier.

But Google is pushing it too far. They have become the biggest spy network on earth. I have started to use DuckDuckGo or Yahoo more often as an alternative to Google. Ironically I write this blogpost in Blogger that Google owns… Right now I feel like Google is a virus that has spread all over the world and now when we all are affected by it, we can’t get rid of it.

Some people claim that Apple is pushing their ecosystem too far with software, hardware, services and content – but you have to ”pay the ticket” to get inside. Google is everywhere even if you never paid anything to get caught up in it’s network. You ARE stuck like glue in the huge Google spiders net without any intention to be it.

For years I have felt that I buy Apple devices because I don’t want to bother my mind with all the choices and uncertainty that follows when you buy PC and Android. Some people call that giving up one’s freedom and commit to the ”Apple religion”. Some people would even say that Apple is evil because of this. I chose Apple because they offer the best and I feel great to be an Apple-lover.

Now I’m starting to feel that I also pay for my freedom to not get secretly used by companies like Google. I know, I can’t fully get out of Google’s net, but at least I can use other search engines.

I might shut down my Google+ account as well. I don’t really use it. But since I am Swedish, I think it could be handy to have ”something like Facebook” where I only write in english. Maybe I have to find something else?

I can also move my blogs. But I like Blogger! The same goes for YouTube. I like to use YouTube… It’s so annoying that Google owns all of it!

I don’t know about Google Reader though: if someone knows a way to get a similar service for finding news – please tell me!